Woman Holding a Balance

These words have been inspiring for my story for the ESP module, as they concisely explain the essence of the painting:

“‘Woman with a Balance’ provides us not with a warning but with comfort and reassurance; it makes us feel not vanity of life but its preciousness. Against the violent baroque agitation of the painting behind her, the woman asserts a quite, imperturbable calm, the quintessence of Vermeer’s vision.”